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Birthday December 24, 1911

• The temperature on December 24, 1911 was between 0.3 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • January 15 » Palestinian Arabic-language Falastin newspaper founded.
  • March 29 » The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm.
  • April 6 » During the Battle of Deçiq, Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after George Kastrioti (Skanderbeg).
  • June 22 » George V and Mary of Teck are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
  • July 4 » A massive heat wave strikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities.
  • November 5 » After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1910 » Ellen Braumüller, German javelin thrower and triathlete († 1991)
• 1910 » Fritz Leiber, American author and poet († 1992)
• 1910 » Max Miedinger, Swiss typeface designer, created Helvetica († 1980)
• 1913 » Ad Reinhardt, American painter and academic († 1967)
• 1914 » Herbert Reinecker, German author and screenwriter († 2007)
• 1914 » Ralph Marterie, Italian-American trumpet player and bandleader († 1978)